totter英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An unsteady movement or gait. intransitive
A rag and bone man. archaic,intransitive

动词 v.

To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall. intransitive

— The baby tottered from the table to the chair.
To be on the brink of collapse. figuratively,intransitive

— […]the folly of this Iland, they ſay there's but fiue vpon this Iſle ; we are three of them, if th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters.
To collect junk or scrap. archaic,intransitive

词形变化

totters present,singular,third-person tottering participle,present tottered participle,past tottered past totters plural

词汇关系

衍生词

atotter St Totteringham's Day teeter-totter totterer tottergrass tottering totteringly totterish tottersome tottery merry-totter Totter

词源

词源 1

From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).
Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.

词源 2

From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).
Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.